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*45u/aw Patented July 10, 1917.

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1. WHITAKER. PRINTING DEVICE.v

APPLICATION FILED UCL-I5. |915.

1,232,634. Patenteduly 10 17.

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JOHN WHITAKER, 0F NORTH WALES, PENNSYLVANIA.

PRINTING Envidia.

To all whom 'it may concern.' Be it known that4 I, JOHN WHI'IAKER, ,a citizen' of the United States, and a resident yof North Wales, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Printing Devices, of which the following is a specification. '1

My invention relates to printing devices oi the character employed for marking or printing checks, drafts and similar paper, with indicia, usually and preferably in indelible ink, representing the amount for which the check, draft &c., is drawn, or the amount which the value of the check or other paper should not exceed.

My invention comprises certain improvements in structures of this general character in which provisionis made for relatively movin' a printing drum or cylinder having lineso type with abrading or cutting faces, with respect to an impression laten which has an abrading or cutting ace complemental to the type; means being provided to ink said type` so that simultaneously with the cutting Aor abrading of the paper, ink will be applied thereto. While the printing drum or cylinder and platen may be relatively movable, one with respect to the other, the platen is preferably disposed in a fixed position; being carried by the base of the apparatus in the manner hereinafter described.

A further ob'eet of my invention is to provide means or imparting agsdewis'e or ateral movement to the printing cylinder` with-in the frame in which it is mounted in order that ythe abrading or .cutting type :facesof the samejnjiay register with the gomplemental acc 'of the impression platen.

Another feature of my invention consists of improved inlrlng or ink strbutng means fol-'the type lines of 'the printing drum or Acylinder in order that successive riting line will be immediately irecede by proper inking of the same wi hout the necessity of rotating the printing cylinder to bring said type line into contact with the inking roller.

And a still further object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong and compact structure of few parts, easily operated, and not lia le to get out of order.

Th and other `:features of my invention are more fully described` hereinafter, refer- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

ence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which z' 55 Figure l, is a side elevation of a printing device of the type to which my invention has been applied;

Fig. 2, is an inverted plan View of' the same; @u Fig. is a. sectionai 'View on tbc ,litre .lll-lll, Fig. :2; the machine being' in the position shown in Fig. 1*, Y

Fig. Il, is a similar sectional View showing the machine in the act. ci? printing; et'

Fig. 5, is a sectional View o'li one end of the printing cylinder and its operating knob, on the line V-MV, Fig. 2; i'

Figs. (3 and 7, are ierspective views of the opposite ends of the printing cylinder or drum;

Fig. 8, is an enlarged view of a portion of one end of the printing drum disposed in a plane;

Fig. 9, is an enlarged view of a portion of a platen which I may employ;

Fig. 10, is an enlarged view of severa-l of the types employed with such platen;

Fig. 11, is an enlarged sectional View of the type and platen, on the line XI-XL Pia 9;

Figs. 12 and 13, are views illustrating a modified forni of platen and type, and

Fig. I4, is a cross sectional view on the line-X1V-XIV, Fig. 12.

Referring to the drawings, l .represents the frame of the printin device havingy a base 2 which is preferab y integrallyccconnected with said frame by a rear wall 3, while-between the fraine and base a slot or 9e space 4;' is provided for the insertion of checks or similar papers to be marked. The

position of the cheeks with respect tovrthe printing point may be determined by a gag? 5.

isposed within the frame 1 is aV printing cylinder 6 having a series of type faces hor ltype lines T longitudinally of theaxisof the same; such type lines reading in various' amounts to correspond with the value of. acheck or other paper, or amounts in excess of which the check should-notl be paid which. cylinder is seeured.t10` a shaft or spindle 8, having at the otor end an o ,grating knob or wheel 9, whereby such cy'nder can be s et to any printing position desired.

This shaft or spindle 8 is mounted eccentrically in ball bearing rings 10 journaled in apertureslly formed in the sides of the frame 1, and the printin drum or cylinder is under the control of aghandle 12 suitably connected to said rings, as shown in Fig. 5. It will be understood .therefore that movement of the handle to cause the cylinder to effect the printing operation will not -only move the cylinder downwardly for contact of one of the type lines carried therebywith an impression platen 13 cooperating t erewith, but will also impart a slight rotative movement to such printing drum due to its eccentric mounting; the position ofthe bearing rings 10 being such that proper contact of the line of type desired will be made with the platen 13 at the completion of the downward stroke of the operating handle.

For the purpose of returning the cylinder and its operating handle to the normal inactive position, I may provide a helically coiled spring 15 at one side of the frame, one end of which sprin is connected to the printing cylinder, whi e its opposite end may be caught under a rod or bar 16 extendingacross the frame 1 at the rear of the same.

\ position of the drum or cylinder, and secured on the forward end of this closure plate is the impression platen 13, which is fixed in position. This platen carries onits face a plurality of arcuate. or. curvilinear grooves 13a and 13b lying in two positions, eccentrically disposed and crossing each other, whereby a plurality of piercin or cutting projections or points are prouced; such projections or points coacting with the faces of the type ywhich are complementally recessed to receive the projections or4 points of the platen when the printing drum is in the rinting position.

T e character of the impression platen and the printing type coacting therewith'is substantiall will be un erstood, however, that the size of these parts as employed in the printing device forming the subject of my invention is such as to make an accurate showin of the same substantially impossible.` g1`he platen is-made by `grooving the surface of a suitable piece of metal by a suitable tool moving in curved paths, and the formation of .a plurality of these curved grooves, or grooves following curved lines which lie in Atwo directionsprovides betweenA theIn a multiplicity of 'Sina l projections which are substantially in practice, points, lying inV a plurality ofarcuate' or curvilinear lines eccentric to each other. ,The lines of type to cooperate with this platen may be recessed'in any suitable shownin Figs.4 9 and l0. It

manner, as by a master platen; the recesses of' the same registering with the points or projections of the platen and coacting therewith to actuall pierce the check or other similar paper piilced between the contacting faces. A modified form of platen and type is shown, in Figs. 12 and 13.

The size of these points or projections may will be carried through the same.

As the platen is provided. with cutting or piercing points or projections coperating with complementally recessed type faces on the drum or cylinder, it is necessary to insure registry of the respective impression faces each tiniethey are brought into engagement.

.F or this purpose, in the type of machine i which I have illustrated, the printing drum has an endwise or lateral movement imparted thereto when swung by the operating handle to the operative position, which movement may be effected in the following manner:

lVith the form of machine illustrated, the platen is in relatively fixed position with respect to the printing cylinder,` and one end of the latter is provided twith projections or teeth 20 forming V-shaped grooves 21 between them, which grooves are beveled outwardly with respect to the cylinder and dis osed tangentially to the axis of the c lin( er. For cooperation with the grooves etween these teeth, I provide a xed projection 22- on the side wall of the frame which is in such position with respect to the printing cylinder as to be clear of the same when the latter is in the raised non-printing position free to rotate for setting purposes; such projection engaging one of the grooves 21 at the end of -the cylinder upon depression of the latter by the operation of the handle 12.

As the printing drum or cylinder is low-- ered by the handle, the lingular faces'of one Iof the grooves 21 meets the projection 22,

and 'continued downward movement o-f the printing drum insures that the projection will fullyr enter said groove, thereby holdingthe printing cylinder in a definite lateral position in order that the recessesof the line f of type inprinting position will eziactly'register with the cutting or piercingpoints or platen at. everyopration of the machine,

i 'l p ed to engage 2o there is no danger of damaging the-said..

type lines. i, .The beveledy grooves fdref `l1 1 theplane of gthltthe projection 22:

the .frame` Will :fully projection 2,2, I :ger 25 carried by 1ieriplieral` y grooves 2,1; "thereb tering` of the cylin esame'when it knob orA wheel 9 to end of the cylinder insure such registry when been lowered by the handle for with` the platen in performing operation. Y a For the vide a engage U f rbsite Said Prietvn, which ,finger notches or recesses261at thef er and the holding has been moved by the p the dsiredprinting position., Accurate registry canrnotv'be in- ;Suljd bythis stop nger,

viii'ection "engaging a groove or printing drum will purpose of inkin type lines on the drum-or cy index', I

felt roll 30 mounted upon af ro 21 between thewteetli `2C "at the'` 1nd ,of` the platen are set at such anglesfwith respect to the axis of the cylin-` the end of the same on the inner wall of,

both walls of a s ring stop fin is adaptedge of the cyli der opposite the facilitating the cenbut the fixed pro"- at the opposite' the cylinder has engagement the printing shaft B1 which maybe supported by the bent arms by the rod times.

ing roll may amount of blur when makin or other similar and for other reasons I provide means in f a `spring carrier 32 suppo 16. This sprin der tension to hold the ro type faces of the drum or cylinder at all It will be understood that such inkframe is uner against the at times provide an excessive ink that will tend to smear or an impression on a chec ocument, and for the purpose of avoiding su h unsightly condition hereinafter mentioned, the shape of a brush 35 designed to lie normally adjacent the type face lin operative position,

as shown in Fig.

3. When the cylinder is moved by the handle to bring a type face in contact with the check, means are provided whereby the brush will be swept across type to be put in action,

surplus ink` and operation as shown turning to complished. two results; cess of ink that may occupying ward of the cylinder during in Fig its normal position as soon as the handle is released. This arrangement acthe face of the thus removing the a position forthe printing 4; such brush reit removes any exresult from the inking operation by the roller and at the saine time it provides as line of type in use may means whereby the active be re-inked at each successive operation should it be necessary saidvline y n A AThe" brush 35' `is carried by asuitable for the passage o the various vthe index 47 of the operating of the machine, setlist or desirableto use the brush will the same line repeatedly, p carry` enou'ghi k to il sure propeiy'winking of fff'rame 36 101.11I1aled on' the shaft or A"spindle B, and thisframe has a lcam" slot 37 at one ,end for engagement by a fixed in 38" carried by thejframe creasing 1; t e relation be' )such that when the.."ha'ndle is moved fare" ,rame jas will be actuated by-said par 39 and 39'* to limit" the movement of t e handle in both directions. V

yIn order that the .printing drum Amay be properly guided td .and from` the" printing position when operated'by the-"`liandle, provide an" arm 40 slidable with` respect to the frame or casin u the shaft or spindle *8 upon which said drum is mounted andfc'ar- 'r ing a rounded'projection42 adaptedito a s ot `43 in vtheyside wall ofthe rameor cas- If desired, `the projection lmay be of shape, vpreferably round. This arm carries the spring finger 25- which engages the notches 26 of the printing drum and serves as the stop for thelatter when it is in` theprinting position.

External y of the frame 1, I provide an arm 44 which is mounted on the shaft or spindle 8 and is connected to the arm 40, preferably by a screw g 45 which enters the projectionV 42, and this arm 44 has at its upper end ing; any suitable a guide or indicating finger 46 overlying'the` operating knob 9 which carries an index?y 47 of the type lines on the printing drum. The relation of these parts is such that the printing drum will be held in proper position by the finger 25 to print the line indicated y the guide finger 46 on knob 9.

It will be understood that the faces of the type of the printing drum when brou ht into contactwith a check, draft or ot er aper to be marked and disposed over the platen, will cut or abrade the same, and that y ink will be deposited in the "cut or vabraded portions. In all instances the coacting ,"having an aperture 41 to lift the brush in "frontof 'the printing drum, as shown in Fig.' 4; The` outside of. the-casing is preferably provided with sto reason of the inking ofy such type such platen must be complemental to the t e 'i similar arcs. .it wi arrangement may be reversed, and thatthe described my present mavplaten with lines or rows same or an equivalent function.

I claim:

l. The combination in a printin aparatus, of a platenhaving a series o *pro- Jetions, the pro]ect1ons o n one slde of the platen being of a greater size than those on the other side; a type cylinder having a series of type faces thereon; eccentrics on which the type cylinder is mounted; and means for turning the eccentrics so that the cylinder will approach the platen, the faces of the typeof the cylinder having indentations corresponding to the projections of the platen and so arranged that as the cylinder approaches the platen the large projections of the laten will engage thetype cylinder in adli'ance of the smaller projections.

2. In a printing apparatus, the combination of a frame havin a base; a platen carried by said base, sald platen having two series of curved grooves, one series crossing the other and forming diamond-shaped cutting points, the points at one side of the platen being smaller than those at the o posite side; a printing drum mounted 1n said frame and having a plurality of lines of type faces for engagement with said platen, said type faces having recesses for registry with the cutting points; and means for bringing the type lines of the printing drum into coperating relation with the platen.

JOHN WHITAKE-R. 

